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Palissy, Bernard
(Encyclopedia)Palissy, Bernard bĕrnärˈ pälēsēˈ [key], c.1510–c.1589, French potter. For 16 years he worked in vain to imitate white-glazed pottery (probably Chinese), even burning his furniture to fire his...firing
(Encyclopedia)firing, process of treating clay or other plastic ceramic materials with heat to produce a hard, durable but brittle material such as pottery. Primitive potters baked their clay in an open fire, but f...Swinton
(Encyclopedia)Swinton, town (1991 pop. 44,416), Salford metropolitan district, NW England, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. The town has cotton mills and factories for pottery, chemicals, and storage ba...Morton
(Encyclopedia)Morton, village (1990 pop. 13,799), Tazewell co., central Ill., in a grain-farming and livestock area; inc. 1877. Food is canned, and tractor parts, washing machines, and pottery are manufactured. ...lusterware
(Encyclopedia)lusterware, kind of pottery with an overglaze finish containing copper and silver or other materials that give the effect of iridescence. The process may have been invented and was certainly first pop...jasper ware
(Encyclopedia)jasper ware, kind of Wedgwood pottery in green, blue, lilac, and other colors, with characteristic Greek reliefs and designs. ...Belleek ware
(Encyclopedia)Belleek ware bəlēkˈ [key], pottery with a highly lustrous and often iridescent glaze. It is made at Belleek, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. ...Cowansville
(Encyclopedia)Cowansville kouˈənzvĭlˌ [key], town, S Que., Canada, on the Yamaska River, SE of Montreal. It is a ...Gunpowder Plot
(Encyclopedia)Gunpowder Plot, conspiracy to blow up the English Parliament and King James I on Nov. 5, 1605, the day set for the king to open Parliament. It was intended to be the beginning of a great uprising of E...Manhattan Beach
(Encyclopedia)Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce tran...Browse by Subject
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